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Friday, Dec 05, 2003
major leaguer
bill simmons is consistently the funniest person writing about sports. it must be as a result of all that boston fan angst.
hot stove beleagured
"The Rangers remain open to trading MVP Alex Rodriguez to the Sox, and the Dallas Morning News reported yesterday that Texas would accept Ramirez on the condition Boston "ante up a significant portion" of the $95 million balance of Ramirez's contract over the next five years.""According to several reports, the Mets will sign Japanese shortstop Kaz Matsui."
class consciousness
"While students tend to experiment with various identities during their college years, Vanderkamp's peers said the accelerated pace of his process of self-discovery is alarming. Since the beginning of the fall term, Vanderkamp has aligned himself with no fewer than nine social groups, and has adopted a new wardrobe and a distinct set of speech patterns to accompany each identity."
Thursday, Dec 04, 2003
missing ewe
"Some of the newly discovered fossil mammals represent the last holdouts of species thought to have gone extinct millions of years earlier while others mark the first evidence for the few truly classic African species that survived the Eurasian invasion and evolved into today's famed beasts, such as the elephants."
blag
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Wednesday, Dec 03, 2003
children of the corn
this is an alltime favorite for gawker stalker, or maybe its the second one.
"On 115th and Broadway, Prof. Robert Thurman (father of Uma) explaining the origins of Thanksgiving to a Buddhist monk.""i saw jennifer connelly with hubby and baby at blue ribbon brooklyn. she's hot. they were wearing t-shirts. he had fried chicken, she had salmon and breast-fed at the table, which was awesome. they cooed over baby and each other. i want in."
land mess
Quote Of The Night:
"As Jalen and Donyell joined the Raptors, they both had to buy their numbers from current Raptors. Jalen bought his no. 5 off of Michael Bradley, and Donyell purchased his no. 42 away from Mengke Bateer. Neither would say how much they paid, but Donyell "Geography" Marshall did have this to say: "Those Europeans, they know how to negotiate". Bateer is from Mongolia"
Tuesday, Dec 02, 2003
none in site
"The World Monuments Watch, a global program launched in 1995, calls attention to imperiled cultural heritage sites around the world, and directs timely financial support to their preservation. A panel of leading international experts selects the List of 100 Most Endangered Sites from nominations submitted to WMF every two years by governments, organizations active in the field of cultural preservation, and individuals."
Saturday, Nov 29, 2003
eco chamber
"The city of Alexandria played host on 1 November to the renowned Italian novelist and scholar Umberto Eco, who gave a lecture in English, on varieties of literary and geographic memory, at the newly opened Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Al-Ahram Weekly publishes the complete text of the lecture."
Saturday, Nov 22, 2003
blog like the wind
"BLOGRUNNER is a portal for blog content. The site features an index of weblog entries from across the web. These entries are grouped together according to interest topics and news stories. BLOGRUNNER makes it easier to track stories and conversation threads that develop across blogspace. BLOGRUNNER also highlights the interdependency of mainstream media with the blogosphere by closely integrating weblog entries with the stories they track from traditional media."